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Peach Water

A beverage made by steeping dried peaches in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Peach Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pick over and wash the peaches until perfectly clean.

  2. Place the peaches in a pitcher and pour the boiling water over them.

  3. Cover closely until cold.

  4. Strain as required for use.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Dried peaches
Provide the main fruit flavor and sweetness as they steep and release their flavor into the water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavor and softens the dried peaches so their taste moves into the liquid.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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